HENDERSON COUNTY, Texas (KETK) – A man was arrested on Monday for murder in connection to a shooting that left a 25-year-old woman dead near Gun Barrel City on April 21.
According to the sheriff’s office, Chaz White, 32 of Mabank, was arrested after a tactical team came to his home and took him into custody based on arrest and search warrants that were issued.
About a week after shooting, Sheriff Botie Hillhouse said the shooting that killed a woman identified as 25-year-old Alexis Garoutte was believed to drug-related.
“We located methamphetamine, we located heroin and we located a pretty large amount of fentanyl,” Hillhouse said. “We’ve been working on this case ever since.”
The sheriff’s office said more arrests could come in connection to their ongoing investigation.